Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] [Cf.
D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. Splash.] To dabble in water; to splash.
"Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats.
Far below him plashed the waters.
Longfellow.
Plash, v. t. 1. To splash, as water.
2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in
imitation of granite.
Plash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plashed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.]
[OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. Pleach.] To cut partly, or to
bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn.
Plash, n. The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or
intertwined with, other branches.
Plash"et (?), n. [Plash + - et.] A small pond or pool; a puddle.
Plash"ing, n. 1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches
of small trees, as in hedges.
2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of
buildings, to imitate granite, etc.
Plash"oot (?), n. A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees
interlaced, or plashed. [Obs.] Carew.
Plash"y (?), a. [From 1st Plash.] 1. Watery; abounding with puddles;
splashy. "Plashy fens." Milton. "The plashy earth." Wordsworth.